Follow @martinomcj Staff Report Courier News Area: South Hunterdon, Hillsborough fall from unbeaten ranks Senior forwards James Bass and Tyjohn Young each posted a double-double to help the Bound Brook High School boys basketball team hand South Hunterdon its first loss of the … Continue reading →

Follow @martinomcj Coming Sunday: Mike New makes a return appearance In the Paint as a guest blogger with thoughts on the two weeks that were, and the week that lies ahead on the Central Jersey hoops front. Coming Monday: In … Continue reading →

The second annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament bracket was released yesterday, with North Hunterdon and Vernon earning the No. 1 seeds in the uniquely-formatted field. Ten teams from Hunterdon and Warren counties and 10 from Sussex County were seeded separately, as they … Continue reading →

More than one county tournament is set to be seeded tomorrow; we touched on the Somerset County Tournament situation last week, but we’d be remiss to forget the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament that is also on the verge of tipping off. For … Continue reading →

Five thoughts, top fives and five looks ahead: THE STARTING FIVE 1. When Paul Franklin called the Skyland Conference Delaware Division the “Big East” of the conference the other night, he wasn’t kidding. Just look at this week’s results. Immaculata … Continue reading →

It’s not like the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division wasn’t an open race prior to Tuesday night’s action. But Perth Amboy made sure that by the time games wrapped up across the county, it was a complete and utter free-for-all. … Continue reading →

We’ve had our share of big games and upsets so far, and I’ve covered two postseason-esque rivalry games in a week already, but for late game drama, we had a couple otherwise non-remarkable games make some waves tonight. In Dunellen, … Continue reading →

Well we’ve tipped off and then some, with a mammoth opening-night schedule across Central Jersey. I just got back in from Linden’s 57-52 win over Plainfield; I’ll post a link to my game story, as well as Jerry Carino’s take … Continue reading →